Choices When man decides to assume the role of God, consequences are bound to plague such an ambition. In the case of Victor Frankenstein, the protagonist in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the product of such an ambition is a creature born of the dead. Despite the frightening process of his creation, the creature wakes into the world as a benevolent being. He simply longs for acceptance and friendship, but due to his unsightly features, the world is quick to condemn him as the monster he appears t...

Frankenstein the Unloved Creature Walton, Victor, and the monster all had hopes and dreams of a greater understanding of the unknown. Victor had the knowledge and the will power to create life; but he lacked the compassion for his creature. The monster in fact had more compassion than his creator did". The monster is at once more intellectual and more emotional than his maker; indeed he excels Frankenstein as much (and in the same ways) as Milton's Adam excels Milton's God in Paradise Lost" (Blo...

Differences and Similarities Differences and Similarities are used to emphasize certain aspects of things. This idea is commonly when a movie is made that is based on a book. The director of the movie may choose to keep details in his movie that adheres to the details in the book that the movie is based on. He may also choose to change some details from the book to what he perceives to be more fitting. In the case of Frankenstein the novel and the 1995 movie version of Mary Shellys Frankenstein,...

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley is a complex novel that was written during the age of Romanticism. It contains many typical themes of a common Romantic novel such as dark laboratories, the moon, and a monster; however, Frankenstein is anything but a common novel. Many lessons are embedded into this novel, including how society acts towards the different. The monster fell victim to the system commonly used to characterize a person by only his or her outer appearance. Whether people like it or not, ...

"Monster's Point of View" The significance of the reason for existence in the world is a question that boggles the mind of every individual during one time or another in their lives. We all like to believe that we have a purpose in life, and we set goals to achieve such purposes. We might also believe in a creator, a God who wanted us to exist, and showed unconditional love for our mere existence. But what if our creator hated us, believed that our existence was a mistake, and we had no purpose ...

In Frankenstein, the monster and Victor are both put through many depressing and hurtful situations. I think that the monster was the true victim. He was rejected by everyone he came across from the day he entered life. His creator was never there to teach him right from wrong or responsibility. And also, the monster's soon-to-be wife was killed before his eyes. These agonies are what make the monster more of a victim than Victor Frankenstein does. From the beginning, the monster was abandoned b...

Rejection Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley is a complex novel that was written during the age of Romanticism. It contains many typical themes of a common Romantic novel such as dark laboratories, the moon, and a monster. Many lessons are set into this novel, including how society acts towards the extraordinary. The monster fell victim to the system commonly used to characterize a person by only his or her outer appearance. Whether people like it or not, society always summarizes a person's characte...

An Ideal Relationship In Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha, George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, and Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, there is an obvious link between the creation and creator. The relationships between the creator and creation vary from work to work, questioning what the ideal connection between both should be. Ideally, the creator has a responsibility to the thing he has made, and maintains a critical bond with it. In general, part of the creator has been placed inside the cre...

Victor Frankenstein does fall under the Byronic Hero category because he is a rebelling man. He believes that it is possible to create human beings without the use of sexual reproduction and is obsessed and passionate with the idea of making this creature using his bare hands. Work is all Victor thinks about and he starts to lose his mind. The affection he has for Elizabeth is evident. His behaviour would have been rejected by society if he had revealed the truth because people would doubt his s...